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Woodland Park officials push CDE grant applications to add counselors and behavior supports
Summary
At a board work session, district staff outlined plans to pursue two Colorado Department of Education grants — the EARS grant and a School Counseling Core grant — to fund licensed counselors and programs addressing chronic absences, behavior and student mental‑health needs.
Superintendent‑level staff and board members at Woodland Park School District RE‑2 said the district will pursue state grants to expand counseling and behavior supports, emphasizing data the administration described as evidence of growing need.
District presenter (Speaker 2) said the grants under consideration are the EARS grant, aimed at students with high attendance and behavior risk, and the School Counseling Core grant, intended to fund licensed counselors to help reach the national recommendation of one counselor per 250 students. "The next grant is for the school counseling core grant, and it's really to put a licensed school counselor in every…
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